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Professor David Taylor

Fellow Emeritus (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
      
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Professor David Taylor

Fellow Emeritus (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)

 dtaylor@tcd.ie

 


David Taylor is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He holds degrees of MA, PhD and ScD from the University of Cambridge and Fellowships from Engineers Ireland and the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.
  316L STAINLESS STEEL   3D   Accident Investigations   ACCUMULATION   AUTOGRAFT   AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS   BAYES INFERENCE   BAYESIAN INFERENCE   BEHAVIOR   BETA-LIMIT   Bioengineering   BIOMECHANICS   BONE   BONE ADAPTATION   BONE DAMAGE   BOVINE BONE   CARBON   CAST IRON   CHELATING   CHROMATOGRAPHY   COALESCENCE   COMPACT BONE   COMPONENT   COMPONENTS   CRACKS   CRITICAL DISTANCE   CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION   DAMAGE   DENSITY   DYNAMICS   EVENT   FAILURE   FATIGUE   FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION   FATIGUE DAMAGE   FATIGUE LIMIT   FEMORAL CONDYLE FRACTURE   FEMUR   FLUOROCHROME   Forensic Engineering   FRACTURE PATH   FRACTURES   HIERARCHICAL MODEL   HIPS   HOLD TIME   IMAGES   INDEX   INTRAMEDULLARY PROSTHESES   Materials Technology   Mechanical Engineering   MICROCRACK   MICRO-CRACKS   MICRODAMAGE   NON-PROPAGATING CRACK   NOTCH   NOTCHES   OPERATION   PARIS-ERDOGAN EQUATION   PARTICLE-VOLUME FRACTION   PHYSICS   PLASMAS   PLASTICS   POLYMER COMPOSITE HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE   POROSITY   PREDICTION   PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS   PROPAGATION   PROSTHESIS COLLAR   RELIABILITY   REMOTE SENSING   REMOVAL   RUBBER PARTICLE SIZE AND PHASE VOLUME TENSILE PROPS   RUPTURE   SHORT FATIGUE CRACKS   SIZE   STRENGTH   TEARING MODES   TFTR   TRANSPORT   UNREAMED FEMORAL NAIL
Project Title
 The Theory of Critical Distances
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Development of new approaches in fracture mechanics, using theoretical analysis and experimental testing
Project Title
 Bone Mechanics
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Investigations into the strength and fracture of bone, including repair and adaptation. Theoretical modelling and experimental studies
Project Title
 Mechanical Properties of Insect Cuticle
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Investigations into structure/property/morphology relationships in cuticle as found in insect legs, wings etc, with particular reference to fracture mechanics and fatigue

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Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2009
Member of the Board of Directors of Medisolve, Ltd., an Irish healthcare consultancy company. 1994 1997
Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (President, Bioengineering Section 1994-1996)
Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland
Chartered Engineer 1985
Director of the Association of Consulting Forensic Engineers
G.Reilly and D.Taylor, Analysis of cutting forces and microdamage during indentation cutting of bone, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 163, 2025, p106870 - 106870, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
A Allahdiniyan and D Taylor, Using Crack Face Displacement to Measure Stress Intensity: A Practical Approach., Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 138, 2025, p104940 - 104940, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
D.Taylor, When is a Notch a Crack? Analysis of an Early Paper by Rod Smith and Keith Miller, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 138, 2025, p104939 - 104939, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Schertenleib, K.S.H. and Davey, T. and Taylor, D. and O'Connor, N.E., Key benthic species are affected by predicted warming in winter but show resistance to ocean acidification, Ecology and Evolution, 14, (9), 2024, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
O"Keeffe, C., Zhang, W., Johnston, R.D., Promoppatum, P., Taylor, D., Lally, C., Kelly, D.J., Feature Size Specific Processing Parameters for Additively Manufactured Ti-6al-4v Micro-Strut Lattices, SSRN, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
D.Taylor, Seasonal Variations in the Toughness of Leaves: a Case Study Using Griselinia littoralis., Integrative and Comparative Biology, 64, 2024, p279 - 289, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
D Taylor, E Barton, I Duffy, R Enea-Casse, G Marty R Teeling and R Santoprete, The biomechanics of splitting hairs, Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus, 14, 2024, p20230063 - 20230063, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Bobby Gillham, Andrei Yankin, Fionnan McNamara, Charles Tomonto, Chunjie Huang, Jeroen Soete, Garret O'Donnell, Daniel Trimble, Shuo Yin, David Taylor, Rocco Lupoi, Tailoring the Theory of Critical Distances to better assess the combined effect of complex geometries and process-inherent defects during the fatigue assessment of SLM Ti-6Al-4V, International Journal of Fatigue, 172, 2023, p107602 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
O'Keeffe, C. and Taylor, D. and Lally, C. and Kelly, D.J., Morphological induced improvements in the bulk mechanical properties of chemically etched additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V micro-struts, Additive Manufacturing, 75, (103748), 2023, Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Benson J, Wickham C, Rowan T and Taylor D, Predicting the Degradation of Slip Resistance in Paving Materials, WEAR, 512, 2023, p204520 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Olivia Hassett and David Taylor, 'Exo Endo', Trinity College Dublin, 2015, -, Exhibition, PUBLISHED
Olivia Hassett and David Taylor, 'The Art and Science of Process', 2014, -, Notes: [Exhibition of work in progress on a collaborative art/science project.], Visual art production, EXHIBITED
Hoey D, Taylor D and O'Reilly P, The role of defects in the fatigue strength of bone cement, Bioengineering in Ireland 13, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, January 2007, edited by Orr J , RAMI, 2007, pp53-, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Hoey D, Taylor D and O'Reilly P, Predicting fatigue failure in bone cement, Bioengineering in Ireland 12, Galway, January 2006, edited by P.McHugh , Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2006, pp43-, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Byrne, P.A.S. and Taylor, D., "Fatigue Design": Allowing for Surface Finish, IMC12, Cork, 1996, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Lyons, G., Brady, C., Taylor, D. and O'Brien, M., "Rear-end Impacts and Temporomandibular Joint Injury", TUBES Spring meeting, 1995, pp6 - 6, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Taylor, D., Prendergast, P.J. and McNamara, B.P., "Fatigue in Bone: Modelling the Growth of Short Cracks", TUBES Spring meeting, 1995, pp7 - 7, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
McNamara, B., Toni, A. and Taylor, D., "Effects of implant material properties and implant-bone bonding on stress shielding in cementless total hip arthroplasty", , Lean Production, From Concept to Product, edited by A.Storrar , QUB, 1994, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Dolan, F., Taylor, D. and Blackie, P., "HIPS: Rubber phase volume and particle size effects on monotonic tensile properties", Lean Production, From Concept to Product, edited by A.Storrar , QUB, 1994, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Prendergast, P.J., McCormack, B.A.O. and Taylor, D., "Innovation Initiatives in Bioengineeering - The Design Forum", Lean Production, From Concept to Product, edited by A.Storrar , QUB, 1994, pp319 - 325, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Haughton Medal (Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland) 2006
Research and Professional Activities 1) Fatigue and Fracture of Materials and Components The study of fatigue failure and other mechanisms of fracture in metals and other materials. Fatigue crack propagation and fracture mechanics; fatigue life prediction of components; use of finite element analysis; the behaviour of stress concentrations. 2) Forensic Engineering Failure analysis and metallurgical examination of components for forensic purposes. Consultancy work to engineering companies on component design and life prediction. 3) Bioengineering The assessment of materials for use in human-body implants and other biomaterials. Fatigue and fracture properties of material in humans, animals and plants. Damage and repair in living organisms.